COMPOSER

Harrison Birtwistle

1934 - 2022

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Sir Harrison Birtwistle (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects. Among his many compositions, his better known works include The Triumph of Time (1972) and the operas The Mask of Orpheus (1986), Gawain (1991), and The Minotaur (2008). The last of these was ranked by music critics at The Guardian in 2019 as the third-best piece of the 21st century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harrison Birtwistle has received more than 323,805 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Harrison Birtwistle is the 1,195th most popular composer (down from 1,166th in 2019), the 3,747th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,687th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Composer.

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  • 320k

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  • 47.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Harrison Birtwistle ranks 1,195 out of 1,451. Before him are Henk Badings, Mikhail Gnessin, Shlomo Mintz, Elza Ibrahimova, Tofig Guliyev, and Brad Fiedel. After him are Mychael Danna, Cláudio Santoro, Luís de Freitas Branco, Marco Beltrami, Eino Tamberg, and Pauline Oliveros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Harrison Birtwistle ranks 380. Before him are Helena Almeida, Tom Heinsohn, Jim Hutton, Chuck McCann, Jef Planckaert, and Mikio Aoki. After him are Jacques Chessex, Phạm Minh Mẫn, Luis Maidana, Michael May, Joyce Van Patten, and Ray Wilson. Among people deceased in 2022, Harrison Birtwistle ranks 377. Before him are Borislav Ivkov, Wolf Erlbruch, İsmail Ogan, Ash Carter, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, and Gennady Burbulis. After him are Davide Rebellin, Juan Amat, Betty Davis, Hebe de Bonafini, Dagny Carlsson, and Hudson Austin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harrison Birtwistle ranks 3,747 out of 8,785. Before him are Edwin Atherstone (1788), Joe Wright (1972), Ninian (360), Cynewulf (900), Tanith Lee (1947), and Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726). After him are Steve Redgrave (1962), Henry Edward Manning (1808), Robin Dunbar (1947), Max Beerbohm (1872), Alex Salmond (1954), and John Neville Keynes (1852).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Harrison Birtwistle ranks 54. Before him are Michael Tippett (1905), Henry Bishop (1786), Clint Mansell (1963), Thomas Morley (1557), Adolph Deutsch (1897), and Cyril Scott (1879). After him are Craig Armstrong (1959), Granville Bantock (1868), Ivor Novello (1893), Fred Frith (1949), Havergal Brian (1876), and Arthur Bliss (1891).

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